South Canterbury Times, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1881. NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2579, 27 June 1881, Page 2

South Canterbury Times, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1881. NEWS OF THE DAY .

Owing to the length of the telegrams, we are obliged to hold over our leading matter and correspondence,

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening at the usual hour.

The Old Artillery Hall on LeCren’s Terrace, was well attended on Saturday evening for the promenade concert of the Volunteer Artillery Band. A number of favourite selections were performed during the evening. We understand that Mr W, Brown, of Latter street, is about to take over the Masonic Hotel at St Andrews, at present in the occupation of Mr J. J. Daily. Mr Brown, we feel sure, will make a capital boniface, and we wish him every success in his new venture.

The Frisco mail arrived at Auckland yesterday afternoon. The Timaru portion is expected here on Thursday.

An inebriate who bore a scar on his forehead, showing that he had been in the wars, made his appearance before Mr Beetham this morning. Inspector Pender said that a sum of £54 had been found on this man when arrested. His Worship inflicted a fine of ss, remarking that is was a fortunate thing for the defendant that he had fallen into the hands of the police* while having in his possession so large a sum of money, and which he was at the time incapable of looking after. There was a heavy fall of snow in Christchurch on Saturday night, The snow was still remaining on the Port hills when the Express left this morning. The back waters of the Rangitata are covered with ice.

Another big circus is about to visit the colonics from America. It is called Gayland’s Colossal circus.

Three inches of snow fell in a few hours in Greymouth last Saturday night. A robbery of £4OO has taken place from the Kimo Hotel, Whangarei, Auckland. Thomas Colbrick, telegraphist at Wangaroa, who attempted suicide by chloral, was brought up to Auckland for medical examination. He bolted at Eussell on the road up, but was captured with two bottles of chlorodyne in his possession. He expressed a determination to die. Dr Skae, Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, who was telegraphed as being dangerously ill from an attack of erysipelas, died on Saturday at Wellington. He leaves a wife and large family. A section of land in the south part of Christchurch, at the junction of Colombo and Lichfield streets, with 47 feet frontage on Colombo street, was sold at auction by Messrs Matson and Co., at £73 per foo frontage on Saturday. The section was 80 feet deep.

Some remarkarbly tall scoring, in which of course the leviathan had a hand, was done in the Thornbury v. Thorne match. The Thorne eleven were disposed of quickly for 42, and Thornbury kept up the leatherhunting fast and furious till the call for time. Of the 674 they put together for the loss of three wickets, E. M. Grace made 228, W. G. Grace (not out) 196, and J. Cranston (not out) 174. The Assize Court at Heilbronn, in Wurtemberg, had lately before it a case which is probably unique in criminal annals. A day laborer, who was laid up with a broken leg, was charged with embezzlement, and was summoned to appear before the jnge d'instruction. Overwhelmed with the disgrace, perhaps unable to exculpate himself, he ordered his son to hang him. The son, who was also a day laborer, acting up to the injunction 11 Obey your parents,” carried him to the house loft, where he hung him effectively from one of the beams. The Court sentenced the son to imprisonment for three years and nine months.

Bishop Redwood lately visited Patea, when a collection was made for a new Roman Catholic Church. The Bishop set an example by putting his name first on the list for £lO. The amounts given averaged from £ls to £2O for substantial settlers, £lO to £ls for tradesmen, £2 and over for servants. At the conclusion of mass the Bishop announced that the amount collected in the church was the large sum of £348, which with money already in hand would clear the cost of construction, about £IOOO. On the suburban railways in New South Wales, a neat medal ticket, silver for the first class, bronze for the second, is used on the suburban lines for season tickets. They are something larger than a shilling, and suitable to be worn on a watch chain by persons using them daily. These medals are stamped at the mint. The milling indicates the period for which the ticket is available, being complete for a years’ ticket, and half-round and a quarterround for the half and quarter year. On the obverse is engraved the owner’s name and under it the month in which it expires. On the reverse is engraved the distinguishingletter of the station between which and Sydney it is in force.

A correspondent of a contemporary writes : —ln view of the extreme probability of an important division on the question of local self government the following figures relative to the Abolition of the Provinces on Oct 17, 1881, is interesting. There were Ayes 32, of whom 19 are not now in the House ; Noes 20, of whom ten are not now in the House, and there were also six pairs. Of the twelve members paring only two remain in the House—Mr Ballance,Aye ; Mr Macandrew j No, In the impending division it will probably be found that Mr Ballance will now vote in favor of a return to a modified system of Provincialism.

The Timaru Harbor Board invites tenders for supply of coal. The English Lodge Victory, 1.0.0. T., hold a meeting this evening, at the Forester’s Hall. Messrs Priest and Holdgate have an announcement about Magic Kilters and Plaiters in another column, which ought to be of interest to ladies. Mr D. Hyland, Washdyke, is prepared to break in horses to saddle on moderate terms. His announcement appears elsewhere. The beautiful Service of Song “Eva, 1will be repeated at the Oddfellow’s Hall, Barnard Street, on Tuesday evening, June 28, Intending visitors from Timaru and elsewhere to the Dunedin Exhibition will find special railway arrangements for their accommodation notified 1b another column.